diff --git a/integration_tests/run_pyspark_from_build.sh b/integration_tests/run_pyspark_from_build.sh
index f6e32c72161..cc983d49b3c 100755
--- a/integration_tests/run_pyspark_from_build.sh
+++ b/integration_tests/run_pyspark_from_build.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Copyright (c) 2020-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+# Copyright (c) 2020-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -333,10 +333,15 @@ EOF
                 --driver-class-path "${PYSP_TEST_spark_driver_extraClassPath}"
                 --conf spark.executor.extraClassPath="${PYSP_TEST_spark_driver_extraClassPath}"
             )
+        elif [[ -n "$PYSP_TEST_spark_jars_packages" ]]; then
+            SPARK_SHELL_ARGS_ARR+=(--packages "${PYSP_TEST_spark_jars_packages}")
         else
             SPARK_SHELL_ARGS_ARR+=(--jars "${PYSP_TEST_spark_jars}")
         fi
 
+        if [[ -n "$PYSP_TEST_spark_jars_repositories" ]]; then
+            SPARK_SHELL_ARGS_ARR+=(--repositories "${PYSP_TEST_spark_jars_repositories}")
+        fi
         # NOTE grep is used not only for checking the output but also
         # to workaround the fact that spark-shell catches all failures.
         # In this test it exits not because of the failure but because it encounters
diff --git a/jenkins/spark-tests.sh b/jenkins/spark-tests.sh
index 368a62ac1e8..0a455afcb10 100755
--- a/jenkins/spark-tests.sh
+++ b/jenkins/spark-tests.sh
@@ -304,6 +304,11 @@ if [[ $TEST_MODE == "DEFAULT" ]]; then
   PYSP_TEST_spark_shuffle_manager=com.nvidia.spark.rapids.${SHUFFLE_SPARK_SHIM}.RapidsShuffleManager \
     ./run_pyspark_from_build.sh
 
+  SPARK_SHELL_SMOKE_TEST=1 \
+  PYSP_TEST_spark_jars_packages=com.nvidia:rapids-4-spark_${SCALA_BINARY_VER}:${PROJECT_VER} \
+  PYSP_TEST_spark_jars_repositories=${PROJECT_REPO} \
+    ./run_pyspark_from_build.sh
+
   # ParquetCachedBatchSerializer cache_test
   PYSP_TEST_spark_sql_cache_serializer=com.nvidia.spark.ParquetCachedBatchSerializer \
     ./run_pyspark_from_build.sh -k cache_test